[arch-general] Thunar sftp connection not working - access denied

[Friedrich Strohmaier]

Hi Kyle, *,

Am 12.10.2015 um 17:29 schrieb Kyle Terrien:
> On 10/09/2015 05:54 PM, Friedrich Strohmaier wrote:
>> Am 10.10.2015 um 02:23 schrieb Leonid Isaev:
>>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 02:05:38AM +0200, Friedrich Strohmaier wrote:

>>>> Hi Folks,

>>>> since some time I cannot get thunar connect my remote servers folders via sftp.

[..]

>>> So, does sftp work from the command line?

>> yes works as expected.

>> btw. filezilla also does..

> As a workaround, you can use sshfs.  sshfs will mount a remote
> filesystem over ssh.

> I use sshfs quite a bit with Thunar.  Thunar lists the mount as an
> external drive.

I know about this but well, it used to work and has stopped doing so, now.

digging a bit deeper..
It apears to be a problem of ssh-key authentification.

While trying to connect a host with exclusvive ssh-key access, journalctl tells:
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Oct 13 19:36:08 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: spawn_ssh: ssh -oForwardX11 no -oForwardAgent no -oPermitLocalCommand no -oClearAllForwardings yes -oProtocol 2 -oNoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost yes -l me -s strict.remote.host sftp
Oct 13 19:36:08 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #1, initial_connection = 1 - user: me, host: strict.remote.host, port: -1
Oct 13 19:36:09 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #1 - password_save: 0
Oct 13 19:36:09 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #1 - ret_val: 1
Oct 13 19:36:09 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: stderr: Permission denied (publickey).
Oct 13 19:36:09 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ** (gvfsd:758): WARNING **: dbus_mount_reply: Error from org.gtk.vfs.Mountable.mount(): Zugriff verweigert
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This happens connecting a host allowing password authentication:
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Oct 13 19:36:28 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: spawn_ssh: ssh -oForwardX11 no -oForwardAgent no -oPermitLocalCommand no -oClearAllForwardings yes -oProtocol 2 -oNoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost yes -l me -s permissive.remote.host sftp
Oct 13 19:36:28 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #1, initial_connection = 1 - user: me, host: permissive.remote.host, port: -1
Oct 13 19:36:34 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #1 - prompt: "me at permissive.remote.host's password: "
Oct 13 19:36:34 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #1 - asking for password...
Oct 13 19:36:51 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #1 - prompt: ""
Oct 13 19:36:53 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #1 - password_save: 0
Oct 13 19:36:53 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #1 - ret_val: 1
Oct 13 19:36:53 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: spawn_ssh: ssh -oForwardX11 no -oForwardAgent no -oPermitLocalCommand no -oClearAllForwardings yes -oProtocol 2 -oNoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost yes -l me -s permissive.remote.host sftp
Oct 13 19:36:53 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #2, initial_connection = 0 - user: me, host: permissive.remote.host, port: -1
Oct 13 19:36:59 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #2 - prompt: "me at permissive.remote.host's password: "
Oct 13 19:36:59 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #2 - using credentials from previous login attempt...
Oct 13 19:36:59 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #2 - prompt: ""
Oct 13 19:36:59 my_machine gvfsd[758]: ### SFTP: handle_login #2 - ret_val: 1
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Any ideas?
Is this a gvfsd bug?
-- 
Friedrich